Grocery stores · Virginia

Lowes Foods #145

Stuart, VA · ~50 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.3
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lowes Foods #145 runs at 96% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade C.

Lowes Foods #145: 3.3 TCR = 96% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lowes Foods #145 safety composite

Lowes Foods #145 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 27%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

D

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

Rising injury rate

Lowes Foods #145: 0.0 → 4.9 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 12.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.5× in 2023

Lowes Foods #145's TCR rose 4.9 from 0.0 in 2016 to 4.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 12.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Stuart, VA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.3 · 96% of ind

  • DART 4.9 DART
  • RANK #588/1241
  • PHOTO Giant Eagle #0043
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~50 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Giant Eagle #0043 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lowes Foods #145 in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Lowes Foods #145 averages 3.3 TCR (96% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Lowes Foods #145 TCR series: 2016=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=4.9 · 2020=0.4 · 2021=12.7 · 2022=0 · 2023=4.9 · BLS 3.4

Where Lowes Foods #145 falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #588 safest of 1241 Grocery stores employers in Virginia.

Lowes Foods #145 (50 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 050100150200250 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Lowes Foods #145
Lowes Foods #145 (50 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Lowes Foods #145 has fewer employees than the Grocery stores median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2023 4.9 4.9 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 12.7 0.0 3 0 0
2020 0.4 0.4 1 0 0
2019 4.9 0.0 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · VA · Stuart

30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 11 employers in Stuart, VA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Giant Eagle #0043 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR ShopRite of Drexeline 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rancho Markets#4 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Store 0562 3.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bloomaker USA 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Live Turkey - Dayton VA Hatchery 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chase City 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Glade Spring Service Center 50 FTE
CITY-NEAR Woolwine Plant 239 FTE
CITY-NEAR BLUE RIDGE THERAPHY CONNECTION 229 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 3770 195 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hanesbrands Inc. 167 FTE
NAT-TCR SSA Pacific Stockton 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 1103-Courtyard/Residence Inn Austin 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Janke General Contractors, Inc. 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Empire Wastewater Treatment Plant 3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mayflower Gardens Convalescent Hospital 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ecco Ride Florence 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Friona Cattle Feeders North #2 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE 8200 Feed Mill Koch Foods of AL 50 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.